Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the hardest game I ever played – so why am I back? | Dominik Diamond
It drove me to distraction on the ZX Spectrum and now that a new version available on a PlayStation collection, I had to test myself against it once more – with inevitable consequencesI do not replay games. Don’t see the point. I don’t reread books either, and I rarely rewatch movies or TV shows. There’s too much new, bigger and better stuff coming out every day, and too little time to consume it. However, I made an exception with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Because the original was so special.It came along towards the end of my ZX Spectrum playing days. I was at university and was previously only interested in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle if it came in a tall glass and was at happy hour prices in the Mandela Bar. But the game hooked me one summer back home and became the hardest video game that I ever completed. And that’s what worried me when I started the rerelease on the PS4 that comes as part of the TMNT Cowabunga Collection. (Playstation Plus Essentials March) Continue reading...

It drove me to distraction on the ZX Spectrum and now that a new version available on a PlayStation collection, I had to test myself against it once more – with inevitable consequences
I do not replay games. Don’t see the point. I don’t reread books either, and I rarely rewatch movies or TV shows. There’s too much new, bigger and better stuff coming out every day, and too little time to consume it. However, I made an exception with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Because the original was so special.
It came along towards the end of my ZX Spectrum playing days. I was at university and was previously only interested in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle if it came in a tall glass and was at happy hour prices in the Mandela Bar. But the game hooked me one summer back home and became the hardest video game that I ever completed. And that’s what worried me when I started the rerelease on the PS4 that comes as part of the TMNT Cowabunga Collection. (Playstation Plus Essentials March) Continue reading...